GLUT, SGLT, and SWEET: Structural and mechanistic investigations of the glucose transporters. Author Dong Deng, Nieng Yan Publication Year 2016 Type Journal Article Abstract Glucose is the primary fuel to life on earth. Cellular uptake of glucose is a fundamental process for metabolism, growth, and homeostasis. Three families of secondary glucose transporters have been identified in human, including the major facilitator superfamily glucose facilitators GLUTs, the sodium-driven glucose symporters SGLTs, and the recently identified SWEETs. Structures of representative members or their prokaryotic homologs of all three families were obtained. This review focuses on the recent advances in the structural elucidation of the glucose transporters and the mechanistic insights derived from these structures, including the molecular basis for substrate recognition, alternating access, and stoichiometric coupling of co-transport. Keywords Animals, Humans, Substrate Specificity, Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation, Glucose, Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative, Monosaccharide Transport Proteins, Sodium-Glucose Transport Proteins Journal Protein Sci Volume 25 Issue 3 Pages 546-58 Date Published 2016 Mar ISSN Number 1469-896X DOI 10.1002/pro.2858 Alternate Journal Protein Sci PMCID PMC4815417 PMID 26650681 PubMedPubMed CentralGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XML